diff --git a/cookbooks/fb_apache/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/fb_apache/recipes/default.rb
index 3a93ae09..7b54bb71 100644
--- a/cookbooks/fb_apache/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/fb_apache/recipes/default.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+if false
+  raise 'foobar'
+end
+
 node.default['fb_apache']['module_packages']['wsgi'] =
   case node['platform_family']
   when 'rhel'